Umbrella



(No Model.) A. GAPPEL.

UMBRELLA.

No. 437,287. PatentedSept. 30. 189.0. I

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ADAM OAPPEL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,287, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed November 1, 1889- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM OAPPEL, a citi-. zen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Runners and Top Notches and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifiation.

My invention relates to improvements in um brella-runners and top notches, the several ieatures of which will be fully hereinafter set orth.

The object of my invention is to stay the ribs in such position that when the umbrella is being opened the interlocking of the same is prevented, and thereby preventing their being broken and the consequent tearing of the covering. 1 attain the object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a side view of an umbrella-frame with but two pairs of the ribs and stretchers shown. Fig. II is an enlarged transverse section of the runner on line 00, Fig. I, and a section of the stretcher.

Like letters designate like parts throughout the two views.

In construction the umbrella is identical with those long in use, with the exception of the runners and top notches. These are alike in construction so far as the parts relating to the ribs and stretchers are concerned, and are of a form only adapted to the grooved or paragon ribs and stretchers, and in other features they are like those generally in use.

In the drawings, A is the umbrella-handle;

D, the top notch; E, the runner; B, the ribs,

Serial No. 328,916. (No model.)

and O the stretchers. The ribs and stretchers are U-shaped in cross-section, having the form shown in section at C, Fig. II. They are jointed to each other near the center of the ribs, and are fastened to the top notches and runners by wires passing through holes in their ends. The novel features of the runners and top notches are the narrow notches t to receive the flattened ends, the wider notches u to receive the body, and the ribs 3 on an extended part to enter the grooves of the ribs and stretchers. The center of the grooves and the center of the ribs are in line, and the effect is to give a radial movement to theribs, and thereby prevent the troublesome interlocking which frequently occurs in opening an umbrella as they are usually constructed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An improved umbrella-runner or top notch having an extended portion from the body, the grooves in the body to separately receive the ends of paragon ribs and the longitudinal ribs on said extension adapted to fit in the grooves of the ribs, as set forth.

2. In an umbrella, the combination, with the runner and notch, of the ribs and stretchers, U-shaped in cross-section, the bodies of the notches and runners having grooves in which the ends of the ribs and stretchers are pivoted, and the extensions from the bodies of the runner and notch having longitudinal ribs upon which the ribs and stretchers separately fit, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM CAPPEL. Witnesses:

B. PIOKERING, CHAs. A. WALTMIRE. 

